APPLIED PRINCIPLES OF RESIDENTIAL APPRAISING

20 hour ELECTIVE COURSE & EXAM PREP

Pre-paid $275.00 + $30.00 for materials * walk-in $280.00+ $30.00 for materials

.This course is designed to prepare an appraiser for State Licensed, Cetified Residential and/or Certified General examinations for the State of Michigan. This course is also approved for AQB requirements for the 20 hour elective course to count towards Certified Residential License. This course counts as 20 hours Pre-License for Residential Certified as well as 18 hours of appraisal continuing education for all levels of appraisal licenses.

This course is also designed to prepare an appraiser for State Licensed, Certified Residential and Certified General examinations for the State of Michigan. See this course under exam prep as well

Start Date	Days	Time
February 17, 19, 24, 26, 2026	Tues, Thurs, Tues, Thurs	5:00pm - 10:00pm
May 19, 21, 28, 29, 2026	Tues, Thurs, Thurs, Friday	5:00pm - 10:00pm
August 13, 18, 20, 21, 2026	Thurs, Tues, Thurs, Friday	5:00pm - 10:00pm

Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser

Education: 200 hours of approved pre-licensure appraisal education and have a Bachelors degree or higher from an accredited college or university, or an Associates degree in a field of study related to: Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, economics, or Real Estate. The college or university must be a degree-granting institution accredited by the Commission on Colleges, a national or regional accredidation association, or by an accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Or, No college required, if an appraiser has held a State license for a minimum of five years. NEW AS OF MAY 2018

Experience Required: 1,500 hours of residential appraisal experience over at least 12 months

Exam: AQB Exam

The following is a recommended track for obtaining this level license. If someone is already State Licensed with all AQB content courses completed before becoming State Licensed, then only the following courses would need to be met along with the required college courses. If someone has not met all AQB content classes, then the recommended track would be to follow the recommendations for State License for Course 1 (Report Writing) Course 2 (Market Analysis Highest and Best Use) Course 3 (Site Valuation and Cost Approach) Course 4 (Sales Comparison and Income Approach).

STATISTICS, MODELING AND FINANCE - AQB Approved 15 hours

Pre-paid $215.00 * walk-in $225.00+ $30.00 for materials

This class reviews the applicability of measurements of central tendencies for all three approaches to value as well as statistical analysis, introduction to financing terms that are important to appraisers as well as understanding the six functions of a dollars.
This course content is required by AQB for pre-licensing for Certified Residential and Certified General and is approved for 15 hrs. pre-license for Residential Certified as well as Certified General appraisal license as well as 14 hrs. of appraisal continuing education for all appraisal licenses.

Start Date	Days	Time
February 9, 11, 17, 2026	Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday	1:30pm - 6:00pm
April 13, 15, 21, 2026	Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday	1:30pm - 6:00pm
July 27, 29, 31, 2026	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	1:30pm - 6:00pm

ADVANCED RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES -AQB Approved

pre-paid $200.00 * walk-in $205.00 + $30.00 for materials

This class is a review of more challenging residential appraisals and the methodologies that appraisers can use to appraise them to be in compliance with the competency provision of USPAP as well as the scope of work requirements. This course is a AQB content course for Certified Residential license and is approved for 15 hrs. pre-license for Residential Certified as well as 14 hrs. of appraisal continuing education for all level appraisal licenses.

Start Date	Days	Time
January 12, 14, 19, 2026	Monday,Wednesday, Monday	9:00am - 1:30pm
March 9, 11, 17, 2026	Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday	1:30pm - 6:00pm
June 16, 18, 19, 2026	Tuesday, Thursday, Friday	5:00pm - 10:00pm

MASTERING UNIQUE AND COMPLEX PROPERTIES

20 hour ELECTIVE COURSE

Pre-paid $250.00+ $30.00 for materials* walk-in $255.00+ $30.00 for materials

.This course is designed to raise the level of awareness of the scope of work involved with assignments other than the everyday single-family residential appraisal. This course is approved for AQB requirements for the 20 hour elective course to count towards Certified Residential License. This course counts as 20 hours Pre-Lieense for Residential Certified as well as 18 hours of appraisal countinuing education for all levels of appraisal licenses.

APPLIED PRINCIPLES COURSE IS CURRENLY BE USED AS THE ELECTIVE COURSE

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